Dance Gavin Dance have announced that they will be on hiatus until frontman Jonny Craig “can get his life together.” Just hours earlier, the band officially cancelled their upcoming Go Big Or Go Home tour with A Loss For Words, A Lot Like Birds (featuring former DGD vocalist Kurt Travis), and I Set My Friends On Fire.
Coachella enjoyed a record three-day attendance year as 225,000 fans descended on Indio, Calif’s Empire Polo Grounds the weekend of April 16.
Miley Cyrus is attempting to teach an adult the Hoedown Throwdown, the big dance number from “Hannah Montana: The Movie” and it’s not going well. “We did it in one day!” she gasps. “We just all kind of made it up as we went along.” It doesn’t help that Cyrus offers this consolation and advice over the phone to a journalist who’s trying to follow along on YouTube — and untangle herself from the phone cord. “Well,” Cyrus patiently explains, “you have to be semi-coordinated to do it.” This is exactly how Cyrus’ legion of preteen female fans must be… Read more »
After a career playing to sold-out stadiums, U2 did what their fans have done for years – stood in line to see U2 perform. That concert was “U2 3D,” a film of the band’s 2005-06 Vertigo tour, shot at several shows in South America with new 3-D technology. “I was really hoping we weren’t crap after all these years. Luckily we weren’t,” guitarist The Edge told The Edge, joined by singer Bono, drummer Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton, joked about the absurdity of seeing themselves perform after playing together for more than 30 years. “It’s kind of horrific,” to… Read more »
Punk poet Patti Smith and Split Enz veteran Tim Finn lead the lineup of musicians performing at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (January 17-27). Along with such artists as Gavin DeGraw, Pat Monahan, Peter & Gordon, Sea Wolf, Butch Walker, and Missy Higgins, they will perform at the Music Cafe, a daily afternoon showcase for established and emerging acts. Other music events at Sundance include a January 20 “Celebration of Music and Film” concert, which will feature performers connected to movies at the festival, including Smith (“Patti Smith: Dream of Life”), and composer Jean-Michel Bernard and director… Read more »
